Tomahawk/Axe
Object Details
- Culture/People
- possibly Sioux (attributed)
- Collector
- Dr. James G. E. Smith (Jim Smith), Non-Indian, ca. 1927-1990
- Previous owner
- Dr. James G. E. Smith (Jim Smith), Non-Indian, ca. 1927-1990
- Donor
- Dr. James G. E. Smith (Jim Smith), Non-Indian, ca. 1927-1990
- Collection History
- Formerly in the collection of anthropologist Dr. James G. E. Smith (ca. 1927-1990, MAI curator); bequeathed to NMAI by James G.E. Smith.
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- Date created
- 1950-1970
- Catalog Number
- 25/3319
- Barcode
- 253319.000
- Object Type
- Personal items
- Object Name
- Tomahawk/Axe
- Media/Materials
- Stone, hide, glass bead/beads, horsehair, feather/feathers, paint
- Techniques
- Ground, bead-wrapped, fringed, tied, stitched
- Dimensions
- 70 x 18 x 3 cm
- Place
- Pine Ridge Reservation; Jackson County, Oglala Lakota County; South Dakota; USA (inferred)
- See related items
- Sioux
- Personal items
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Record ID
- NMAI_269151
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66137b565-a9a6-460a-abb3-8830b908efb1
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